The Norman Music Festival provides the Norman music scene with a committed method for striving, young artists to jumpstart their musical ventures.
The festival is typically held during a weekend in April, beginning Saturday evening and running through Sunday night. This allows those certain ambitious artists to select a spot within an approximately 20 hour timeslot of free music. All these individuals would have to do to perform is bring their instruments and find an open space on the street or sidewalk.
This year, the festival provided Norman citizens with 14 main stages that were carefully organized throughout the blocks following Main and Gray streets between Porter and Santa Fe avenues. Each of these stages had roughly 10 bands playing on each stage throughout Saturday and Sunday. Essentially, the festival has 140 bands performing within a 48 hour time period. It becomes a competitive endeavor for bands to obtain a headlining spot in the festival. Of the bands that headlined the stages, Deerpeople was among the most popular; as they accumulated a large gathering of people in Norman’s popular music venue, the Opolis.
“The audience was amazing, packed to the walls, and a little intoxicated,” Deerpeople bassist Zack Reeves said. “We got a great crowd response, and people were stuffed in there from front to back. It was one of the most fun crowds we’ve ever played to. Norman was super good to us.”
The Norman Music Festival has proven to be the elite music festival in Oklahoma. Local bands and musicians have a fantastic opportunity to perform, connect, and achieve that much needed notoriety. When the festival lineups begin to be confirmed, it is crucial that artists jump in to obtain that feature lineup spot.
Photo contributed by Zack Reeves
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